Untitled [working proof]

2000

Jasper Johns

Associated Names
Jasper Johns

Artist, American, born 1930

The image features abstract shapes and lines forming two profiles facing each other, predominantly in blue and black hues. The left profile has a honeycomb-like pattern, while the right profile appears more solid with feather-like details. Horizontal lines frame the composition. Outside the main scene on the left are intersecting black lines and shaded areas resembling crosshatching.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color linocut in black with blue gouache and black felt tip pen and graphite on wove paper [working proof]

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund and Special Friends of the National Gallery of Art

  • Dimensions

    block: 10.16 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in.)
    sheet (irregular): 21.91 × 26.67 cm (8 5/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.116.607

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    ULAE, no. 282 [working proof]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Sharon, Connecticut; acquired 2010 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower left: WORKING PROOF; lower right: J Johns '00

Markings

blind stamp: J.J. / LOWROAD [chop of Jasper Johns]

Wikidata ID

Q76554488

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